Quotes by President

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

Peace does not appear so distant as it did i hope it will come soon and come to stay and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our organization which often makes a mans course seem crooked his conduct a riddle.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself the thing is more than half done already.

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.